Schools

Who can apply?

• any school funded or maintained by a local authority and registered in, and operating from, Wales, providing general or vocational education to children and young people aged 4 – 19 years and inspected by ESTYN
• any not-for-profit independent school where all pupils are admitted via referral by a local authority, social worker, or relevant charity, and that operates in Wales, providing education to children and young people aged 4 – 19
• any of the 22 Welsh local authorities
• Regional Education Consortia
• a consortium that comprises a single lead organisation applying on behalf of two or more organisations in the field of school education. The consortium must include at least one named school, funded and maintained by a local authority and registered in, and operating from, Wales, and may also include local or regional authorities, school coordinating bodies or a social enterprise or other not-for-profit organisations with a role in the field of school education. All members of the consortium must be regulated or registered in, and operating from, Wales, and any schools in the consortium must be funded or maintained by a local authority and registered in, and operating from, Wales. Consortium partners must be agreed and named at the point of application, and it is not permitted for the lead organisation to charge a fee to consortium partners for inclusion in the bid.

Applying organisations must have demonstrable, recent experience of delivering activity in Wales within the sector to that they are applying.

For-profit organisations and sole traders are not eligible to apply or be named as consortium partners. You should refer to the Taith eligibility guidance to confirm if your organisation satisfies the eligibility requirement that it does not operate for profit.